Funambol Ready for the (BlackBerry) Storm

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Tue Apr 7, 2009 7:00am EDT 

  REDWOOD CITY, CA, Apr 07 (MARKET WIRE) -- 
Funambol, the leading provider of open source mobile cloud sync and push
email solutions, today announced the availability of its software for the
BlackBerry Storm. The Funambol BlackBerry Storm sync client enables users
to keep their contacts, calendars, tasks and notes in sync between the
Storm, a Funambol server, and email systems and desktop apps. The
Funambol BlackBerry Storm push email client lets users get free push
email on their handset from popular email systems. Storm users can
utilize the software for free by signing up for an account on the
myFUNAMBOL Portal at http://my.funambol.com.

    "The BlackBerry Storm touchscreen handset, like iPhone and Android, raises
the bar for smartphone manufacturers," said Fabrizio Capobianco, Funambol
CEO. "At the same time, users increasingly expect to seamlessly access
their contacts, calendars, email, and more, on their phone, the web and
desktops. We are excited that Funambol now enables Storm users to access
this information, anytime, anywhere."

    The Funambol BlackBerry Storm sync and push email clients enable users to
sync contacts, calendars, tasks, notes and email with a Funambol server,
including myFUNAMBOL. The Funambol server can sync with Gmail, Yahoo!
Mail, AOL Mail and Hotmail, and desktop apps such as Outlook and
Thunderbird. The sync client is part of the latest Funambol monthly phone
pack that is in Funambol's commercial Carrier Edition software and that
has been deployed on myFUNAMBOL. This phone pack also includes the latest
Funambol Symbian sync client that supports new Nokia phones, enabling
users to keep PIM data in sync between their phones, the web and desktops.

    About Funambol

    Funambol is the leading provider of mobile open source cloud sync and push
email. Funambol open source software has been downloaded more than three
million times by 50,000 developers in more than 200 countries. The
commercial version of Funambol has been deployed at mobile operators,
portals, device manufacturers, service providers and ISVs including
customers such as AOL, 1&1, Earthlink and CA, Inc. Funambol is
headquartered in Redwood City, California with an R&D center in Italy. For
more information, please visit www.funambol.com. You can follow Funambol
on Twitter at http://twitter.com/funambol.

    

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